Two interesting sounding books available for less than $10
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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan by
Mikiso Hane
# Paperback: 340 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.69 x 8.86 x 5.97
# Publisher: University of California Press; Reprint edition (September
1, 1993)
# ISBN: 0520084217
Book Description
In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving
voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently
challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary
women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here
constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from
the 1880s to the outbreak of the Pacific War.
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Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life
# Paperback: 196 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 8.51 x 5.52
# Publisher: Stanford University Press; (April 1, 2001)
# ISBN: 0804731497
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Barbara Sheridan
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